[Bug 245226] [3.2.2. Maintainer responsibilities] [NEW PARAGRAPH] Fix known problems, keep ports in a working order

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            Bug ID: 245226
           Summary: [3.2.2. Maintainer responsibilities] [NEW PARAGRAPH]
                    Fix known problems, keep ports in a working order
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Ports Framework
          Assignee: portmgr at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: yuri at freebsd.org
                CC: ports-bugs at FreeBSD.org

I suggest to add a section to "3.2.2. Maintainer responsibilities"
(https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/ports-contributing.html)

Current maintainer responsibilities don't cover the situation when something is
broken in the port. This situation is just leaft out. IMO, maintainer should at
least try to solve the problem if he can, not just passively wait for others to
submit patches. For example, imagine that somebody reports a problem. This user
can't himself resolve it and creates a bug report. Following the current rules,
the maintainer would just wait for patches from this user or somebody else.
This would likely result in inaction through mutual wait and unmet/mismatched
expectations.

The "Maintainer responsibilities" section should ask maintainers to be a bit
more proactive, and to at least make an attempt to fix reported problems within
the extent of their abilities and resources.

Suggested addition:
---BEGIN---
4. Fix known problems, keep ports in a working order

Please attempt to resolve known problems in the ports that your maintain. When
others report a problem or you yourself find a problem in the port, please make
a reasonable effort to fix the problem and submit your changes that would
resolve the issue.
---END---

Current paragraphs 4,5,6,7 can be bumped by 1.

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